Seed-planter.



NITED STATES PATENT Fries@ ORSON DfPARK, OF MANTON, MICHIGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,257, dated May8,1900.

Application filed February 21, 1900. Serial No. 6,095. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORSON D. PARK, a citi- Izen of the UnitedStates,residing at Manton, in the county of Wexford and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSeed-Planters and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to seed-planters, and more particularly to thatclass of planters capable of being operated by a person and to plantseed in predetermined quantities and at regular intervals.

The object of the invention is to provide a seed-planter of thischaracter which shall be simple 0f construction, durable in use, andcomparatively inexpensive of production, efiicient in operation, and bymeans of which a maximum quantity of seed may be sown to a minimumexpenditure of labor and in regular order.

To this end the invention consists'in certain features of constructionand combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved seedplanter. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional viewthrough one of the seedcompart ments of the seed box or hopper. Fig. 3is a detail side View of a portion of the seedbox, illustrating partshereinafter described. Fig. 4 is a detail fragmentary view of theseed-bill, showing it in the act of discharging'the seed and the valveclosed.

In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts ofthe invention.

1 denotes the cylindrical seed box or hopper, formed withradially-disposed seed-compartments 2 and journaled to handles 3, bymeans of which the planter is operated by being drawn or pushed along.Each compartment of the seedbox has a lling-aperture 4 in its sidecovered by a door or valve 6, and

each compartment is provided with a discharge-opening 7. Thisdischarge-opening communicates with a recess 8, which is provided with avalve 9, which is pivoted in the ends of the compartments upon a pivot10' and is provided with a stud 11, which pro- 17, from which leads aseed-bill 19, provided 6 5 with a hinged cover 20, which has an arm 21working in the recess 13 and engaged by the spring-actuated stud 1l, bywhich the cover is normally held closed. The cover is also providedwitha trip-arm 22, which is adapted in coming in contact with the groundafter the bill has been forced into the same to open the cover of thebill, and thereby permit the seed to be discharged in the hole formed bythe bill.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myimproved seed-planter will be readily apparent without requiring anextended explanation.

It will be seen that the device is simple of construction, that saidconstruction permits of its manufacture at small cost, and that it isexceedingly well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a seed-planter of the character described, the combination withthe seed-compartment provided with a seed-discharge orice communicatingwith a recess, a springactuated valve located within the recess, anadjustable gage-plate located within the 4recess and adapted to regulatethe quantity of seed to be discharged through the said aperture, aseed-bill leading `from the recess, a cover for the seed-bill providedwith a trip- IOO arm which, after the seed-bill has been buried in theground, will be opened by the trip-arm coming in contact with the groundand permit of the discharge of seed through the bill, and a connectionbetween the cover and the valve, whereby when the cover is opened, theYflee communicating with a recess, a spring actuated valve located withinthe recess, a seed-bill leading from the recess, a cover for theseed-bili provided with a trip-arm which, after the seed-bill has beenburied in the ground, will be opened by the tripar1n comwill close thedischarge-opening in the seedcompartment, said connection consisting ofa stud projecting from said valve, a spring bearing against said stud,and an arm projecting from said cover and actuated by said stud,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of twosubscribing Wit- DGSSGS.

ORSON D. PARK.

WVitnesse-s:

GEO. F. WILLIAMS, II. M. BILLINGS.

